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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 37 (setup 1, season 31)
Middlesbrough
v.
Norwich City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
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Bill HAMID17Keylor Antonio NAVAS Gamboa
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
6
Overall form:
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Michael ESSIEN2Nélson Cabral SEMEDO
Adam REACH73Mousa DEMBÉLÉ
Artur YUSUPOV74Dejan LOVREN
FELIPE Dias da Silva dal Belo75Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Remie STREETE67Leonardo BONUCCI
Cristhian Ricardo STUANI Curbelo7GELSON Dany Batalha MARTINS
Leon OSMAN68MIKEL Oyarzabal Ugarte
Vágner Silva de Souza, VÁGNER LOVE79Andrea BELOTTI
Stewart DOWNING10Naby Deco KEĎTA
David NUGENT6117Arjen ROBBEN
ManagerSteve Mackenzie
Kieran RICHARDSON12Federico Santiago VALVERDE Dipetta
Tomas MEJÍAS Osorio13EDERSON Santana de Moraes
Bryn MORRIS14Rodrigo BENTANCUR Colmán
Fraizer CAMPBELL15Joshua BRENET
Brad WALKER16Alassane PLÉA

Middlesbrough 2 Norwich City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 29,476, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Trevor KETTLE 5)
45+1 Vágner Love, 77 Vágner LoveScorers45 Mikel
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings1 Lovren, 89 Keďta
8Corners1
11Fouls3
5Offsides10
6Shots on6
5Shots off8
11Total shots14
4Shots saved5
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Michael ESSIEN
1LOVREN booked.
6A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
16A great save prevented STUANI from scoring a lovely goal.
22A tame shot from DOWNING trickled agonisingly wide.
23A cross from OSMAN left YUSUPOV in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
24NUGENT worked the ball to YUSUPOV, STUANI latched onto his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Norwich City 'keeper.
34A good effort from BELOTTI scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
37MIKEL stepped inside YUSUPOV but knocked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
39BONUCCI headed over.
45GOAL!! A strike from MIKEL which the Middlesbrough 'keeper managed to block was deemed over the line and KETTLE awarded the goal. (1-0 Norwich City)
45+1GOAL!! VÁGNER LOVE hit a beautiful twenty yard shot past the stunned 'keeper. (1-1)
 
50A corner found MIKEL who touched an effort just wide.
51A mix up in the Norwich City defence enabled DOWNING to hit an effort just beyond the near post.
59YUSUPOV brought the ball round LOVREN and poked a tame shot well wide.
60YUSUPOV made space on the left and pulled the ball to OSMAN who touched the ball wide.
62The 'keeper dived to his left to save an accurate drive from Middlesbrough's DOWNING.
70NUGENT galloped through the Norwich City defence but shot straight at NAVAS.
77GOAL!! After DOWNING was pulled to the ground the referee waved play-on and VÁGNER LOVE went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
79SEMEDO shot over.
86A drive from BELOTTI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
89KEĎTA given a yellow card by KETTLE.
90BELOTTI rushed a simple chance.